Originally Posted by
Kacee
I is much less likely to open than R. R9 I0 is pretty common.
If you have flexibility, you can probably clear upgrades at booking. If you are looking to fly on specific days, you're probably going to have to sweat out the waitlist.
I have a ton of flexibility on getting there, less on the way home (Where upgrades are more important to me) but I can do Mon-Thur on the way out and Sun-Tue on the way back. We are going on a cruise and definitely going out early to see Oahu a bit, visit some old friends etc. Coming back, I was planning on coming right home, but if staying a day or 2 and soaking up some more sun means lay flats, so be it. I haven't even booked the cruise and can book the cruise around the flight schedule easy enough.
Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
The 96 hour window is only pertinent to CPUs (Complimentary Premier Upgrades), so it does not apply to your situation. CPUs are not even available EWR/IAD/IAH to HNL.
Timing of upgrades clearing (if they clear) is not predictable.
I knew that CPU to Oahu was only from ORD and west coast, but I don't figure I have any real chance at that, especially with 4 of us traveling, hell, I am not even sure I have a chance using a RPU
Timing being unpredictable just means I probably have to babysit the reservations for 12 months....
